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Wetland Word of the Week 14

Wetland Word of the Week 14
The wetland word this week is...

... burn. Up here in south west Scotland, this is what we call a small river or large stream.! It's also used in north east England, parts of Ulster, Kansas, Australia and New Zealand.


Feature image by Shannon Clifford

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